ACCC the subject of penalty envy
7 April 2014
ASIC report a reminder that competition provisions involve the highest civil penalties in Australia
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David Crino
15 minutes of fame: keeping “in-app” purchases in-check
28 March 2014
Buy-bye to kids’ in-app purchases as regulators focus on unauthorised puchases as unfair practices
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Third time’s a charm: The UK OFT brings third round of criminal cartel charges
31 January 2014
The UK OFT brings third round of criminal cartel charges, announcing that it has brought a charge against an individual in relation to criminal conduct
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ACCC v TPG: ACCC takes it home in the third and final set
13 December 2013
High Court overturns the Full Federal Court’s decision on TPG’s misleading and deceptive ADSL2+ advertising, increasing penalty from $50,000 to $2M
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Jewellery judgment gets its certificate of authenticity
10 December 2013
The Full Federal Court upholds findings on "Was/Now" pricing conduct.
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ACCC continues to zap misleading door-to-door energy sales
17 September 2013
ACCC takes APG to Court for alleged false or misleading representations made by sales representatives
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Prison firmly on the agenda for anti-competitive breaches
5 June 2013
The US DoJ is increasingly seeking, and securing, convictions of individuals or anti-competitive conduct, including prison terms
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The ACCC on the lookout for lemons
2 February 2013
Between October and December 2012, the ACCC reported 116 separate recalls, covering more than 2.4 million individual products.
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Growing the penalty pie
12 December 2012
For the first time in 15 years, the value of a penalty unit under Commonwealth statutes including some competition offences is increasing from $110 to $170
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There’s no ACCCounting for penalties
20 November 2012
As the ACCC takes stock of its last quarter, US regulators have the world in their sights…
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